The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently shared an image of a slow-motion firework in space that it says has lasted over 150 years. The image has since received plenty of reactions online.<\/p>\n
The image, which is of a doomed super-massive star 7,500 light-years away named Eta Carinae, was captured by NASAs Hubble telescope.<\/p>\n
According to the post, the massive star went through a Great Eruption in the 1840s that made it the second-brightest visible star in the sky for over a decade.<\/p>\n
The explosion was so bright that the sailors at the time used it as an important navigational star, NASA said in the post.<\/p>\n
Since being posted online, the post has received over 9 lakh likes. Take a look at some of the reactions to the post here:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Eta Carinae is a star system of at least two stars orbiting each other. Its combined luminosity is said to be greater than five million times that of the sun in our solar system.<\/p>\n
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